Connie Mettler's Blog – April 2013 Archive (20)

September 7 & 8

September 14 & 15

Chicago, Illinois

Intersection of Broadway and Belmont

Sat. 10am-6pm; Sun. 10am-5pm

175 Artists

New deadline: May 15



Please note: Due to a date change by the Chicago Cubs this show has been moved one week later. The deadline has also changed to accommodate the schedule. 



The Lakeview East Festival of the Arts is Chicago's premier fine art and fine craft festival…

September 21 & 22  

Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota

Historic rivertown on the St. Croix River

10am-5pm

175 Artists and Craftspeople

Deadline: May 1



Award winning, well established show with quality art and craft.

• Beautiful setting outdoors
• easy set-up, no pets
• Fall leaf looking ten minutes north of Stillwater, 40 min. from Minneapolis
• All profits go to our Public Safety…

Congratulations to Nels Johnson and many thanks for all the good laughs as he spelled out "The Grand Scheme Finally Revealed -- Everybody gets Rich, even Barry Bernstein ... "

Nels and Barry -- great partners all along…

June 14-23    

Detroit, Michigan

Along the Detroit River Walk

15 Artists

Deadline: May 10



Detroit River ArtScape is starting early this year!  ArtScape will open on June 14th and will run through the Detroit River Days Festival,  June 21st-23rd.  This national competition is…

St. Petersburg, FL - April 20 & 21 - Mainsail Art Festival

Dean A. Porter, director emeritus of the University of Notre Dame Snite Museum of Art and himself a painter chose the 50 artists who received the $50,000 in awards. The $10,000 Best in Show award went to painter, Richard Currier.

This is my third…

Thursday, April 25, 2 pm ET

Making the sale and making it easy for you and your buyer

Talking about:

• terminals, wireless & wired
• iPhones
• iPads & tablets
• PayPal
• PCI compliance & fees
• merchant support
• pay-as-you go…

October 12 & 13

Houston, Texas

June 15  

Lathrup Village, Michigan

Municipal Park, 27400 Southfield Rd.

Hosted by: Lathrup Village Community Foundation

Saturday - 11am-7pm

30+ Artists

Deadline: May 12



Imagine the sweet tastes of BBQ fresh off the grill, washed down with the best of Michigan beers.  Listen to sounds of live finger-snapping music while you stroll through a unique art fair.  Hear the laughter of children as they create their own…

Security is always an issue at the nation's art fairs with smaller events not having to pay much attention to it but the large ones that attract 100,000's of thousands of people beefing up their staff to insure the safety at their shows. When the Super Bowl was in Detroit a few years back I was on the staff and went to a meeting with not only local police but FBI, Homeland Security and border patrol officials speaking to us and briefing us on what to do. It was very sobering.

Texas'…

September 14 & 15

Atlanta, Georgia

Historic Piedmont Park

Saturday 10am-7pm; Sunday 10am-5pm

200 Artists

Deadline: April 29



The Atlanta Arts Festival is a two day, outdoor festival with an emphasis on the visual arts.  Set in historic Piedmont Park, the festival fills the fall time art festival void in the City of Atlanta.



This autumn festival of excellence in the arts is an event dedicated to bringing together outstanding…

August 16-18    

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mitchell Park

Presented by the Friends of the Domes

60-100 Artists

Deadline:  April 30



The Milwaukee Domes Art Festival is a cultural extravaganza August 16th through the 18th in and around the historic Milwaukee landmark, the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Domes. 



The…

June 22 & 23

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Sat. 10am-8pm; Sun. 11am-5pm

150 Artists

Deadline: April 19



The Shaker Heights Arts and Music Festival, now in its 4th year, continues to get bigger and better.  Last year, over 10,500 shoppers attended this vibrant community event.  The festival is presented by Ohio Designer Craftsmen, a non-profit organization serving artists for 50 years, in partnership with the City of Shaker…

September 28 & 29  

Madison, Georgia

10am-5pm 

125 Artists

Deadline: April 28



If you only do one show in the Southeast this year, this should be the one!   

• Developed through the input from dozens of top Festival Artists   
• dedicated to  showcasing the best in contemporary fine art and fine craft, while also  enabling the engagement and exposure…

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July 5 & 6  

Muskegon, Michigan

Downtown Muskegon

Noon-7pm

300+

Deadline: April 15



For 51 years, Art in the Park has been held in historic Hackley Park.  This year, the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce is taking over the historic event and making it into a true Lakeshore Arts Festival.



A unique blend of arts, crafts, music, food and fun along the shoreline in historic…

August 24  

Green, Ohio

Green Arts Council and the City of Green

Boettler Park, 5300 Massillon Rd.

10am-5pm

60 Exhibitors

Deadline: May 31



Art-A-palooza is a juried art and fine craft show celebrating its ninth year in 2013.  The City of Green is growing exponentially with the recent merging of Akron General Medical Center and Summa Health Systems facilities, as well as significant Fortune 500 companies.  The City of Green…

September 27-29

Columbus, Ohio

Genoa Park

Fri. 5 pm-9pm; Sat. Noon-9pm; Sun. Noon-5pm

120 artists

Deadline: April 7

Join us for the 2013 Riverfront Arts Festival. This year Genoa Park will play host to more than 100 local and national artists of the highest caliber, featuring a variety of fabrications and designs from fine oil…